Caraga IP youth undergo DRRM skill, knowledge
enhancement lectures
By Daisy Jane M. Apit
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 22 (PIA) – “Continue nurturing
yourself by applying all your learnings in your respective communities.” This
was the statement of Manuel Luis Ochoterena, Office of Civil Defense (OCD)
Caraga regional director and chairperson of Caraga Regional Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), as he urged some 50 Indigenous
Peoples (IP) youth communicators to use their gained skills and knowledge in responding
to disasters and calamities in their respective Certificate of Ancestral Domain
Titles (CADTs).
Ochotorena served as one of the speakers during
the graduation rites of the five-day Community-Based DRRM Training of Trainers
for IP Youth Communicators at the Goat2geder Hotel and Restaurant, this city
initiated by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga in partnership with the
Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Caraga and 4th Civil Military Operations
(4th CMO) Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) based here.
The IP youth learned during the event valuable
information on Community Risk Assessment which taught them to assess hazards,
vulnerabilities, and risks, abilities to cope, prepare coping strategies and
prepare risk reduction implementation plans in their communities.
Also, they were able to prepare Hazard Spot Map
which indicated boundaries, roads, bridges, and bodies of water, houses,
populated areas, landmarks and natural resources in the community.
According to Aizy Lyn Paglinawan of OCD Caraga,
the spot map will help the IP youths to familiarize the high, medium or low
risk areas during disasters. Additionally, they were also instructed to mark
the safe areas for evacuation sites and routes and other existing and potential
DRRM facilities.
“The very heart of the training was to impart the
learning and inputs to these youths what to do before, during and after a
disaster because the event had lectures on prevention and mitigation or ways to
prevent and mitigate the effect of the disaster by preparing. There were also
inputs on how to respond during the disaster and for the rehabilitation and
recovery plans and actions,” Paglinawan added.
After the training, the participants would serve
as trainers of other IPs in their respective communities’ regionwide.
"In behalf of my co-participants, I would
like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude for the efforts
and patience you afforded to us to be able to gain skills and knowledge on
disaster risk reduction and management. As we go back to our respective
communities, we will see to it that we will share to other IPs the lessons we
have learned from this training for us to be more resilient and prepared
especially in times of emergencies and disasters," expressed Caraga IP
youth president Hawudon Liko-ab Graciano Jusay, Jr.
In her words of impression, Nelia Ellarina, a
Higaonon participant enunciated how privileged they are for the support given
to them by the facilitators and also by their united tribes. "It's not
enough to be skillful but we should bear in mind that we have to exercise
proactive actions in dealing the challenges. Rest assured that what you taught
us will be put in purpose," she said.
“I know the extent of your adjustment as you
painstakingly discover and perform each new skill. Know that the government is
doing everything to empower you and now you already acquired the knowledge and
power of information which make you ready to face the challenges ahead. Be much
more willing to share it to your communities because all it takes is a single
person to bring light to brighten the world and widen the horizon of the entire
society,” said PIA Caraga regional director Abner Caga.
Certificates of Completion, sleeping bags, boots
and raincoats were distributed to the IP youths who went through the five-day
event. (VMG/DJA/PIA-Caraga)
DILG reminds Barangay LGUs to hold barangay
assembly
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Mar. 22 (PIA) – The
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) here headed by
Provincial Director (PD) Pedrito Alacaba has continued to promote the “Conduct
of Barangay Assembly for the First Semester of C. Y. 2016” to all 309 barangays
province-wide.
Mayonito Fernan Ramos, DILG program manager, this
province, confirmed that there were already some barangay-LGUs which conducted
the same activity on March 19 after learning that such could be held prior to
the specified date on March 26, the latter being Black Saturday among Roman
Catholics.
Likewise, Ramos added that the barangay assembly
could even be carried out after March 26 provided that it would be
“reasonable,” airing caution however not to hold the event the following month
of April.
He pointed out that one of the most crucial
undertakings in this gathering would be to come up with a decision on what
particular project must be submitted for assessment in connection with the
Barangay Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) amounting to P1 million.
On top of that, the DILG official said that among
the important agenda in a barangay assembly would be the “State of Barangay
Address (SOBA); CY 2015 second semester accomplishments; CY 2015 second
semester Financial Report, including, among others, the itemized Monthly
Collections and Disbursement and the Summary of Income and Expenditures; and
Updates on CY 2016 ongoing programs and projects.”
The holding of barangay assembly, at least twice a
year, aims to firm up coordination between the government and the community
which gives rise to a more effective means of delivering quality service to the
people, it was learned. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao delSur)
SurSur DPWH deploys “Lakbay-Alalay” teams for Holy
Week
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Mar. 22 (PIA) – The
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) First District Engineering
Office in Surigao del Sur has confirmed the deployment of three District
Motorists Assistance Teams (D-MATs) for the duration of the Holy Week.
OIC District Engr. Ruel Bantugan said that the
D-MATS were instructed to provide 24-hour “prompt and reliable assistance” to
road users in strategic locations here—Cantilan Junction, Gamut Junction, and
Poblacion, Lianga—“from the period March 21-28, 2016.”
He said receiving on March 16, 2016 a copy of the
memorandum signed by Secretary Rogelio Singson dated March 9, 2016.
Containing eight detailed measures, the memo had
been “strictly observed and implemented” to serve in particular “motorists and
pedestrians as well as domestic and foreign tourists,” Bantugan stressed by
quoting some of the memo’s important points.
Prior to this, “proper coordination” was already
made with “concerned government entities,” according to the DPWH district chief,
citing the Land Transportation Office (LTO), Philippine National Police (PNP),
Local Government Units (LGUs), among others.
He likewise assured that all D-MATs in his area of
jurisdiction had remained under close monitoring. (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Tagalog News: Mga organisasyon ng mga magsasaka sa
rehiyon ng Caraga, binigyan ng parangal ng DAR
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 22 (PIA) - Binigyang parangal ng
Department of Agrarian Reform o DAR, Department of Agriculture o DA at ng Land
Bank of the Philippines o LBP ang may 13 na Agrarian Reform Beneficiary
Organizations o ARBOs sa rehiyon ng Caraga para sa kanilang mahusay na pagtupad
sa tungkulin at responsibilidad sa paghiram at pagbabayad sa Agrarian
Production Credit Program o APCP na binuo ng naturang tatlong ahensiya ng
pamahalaan.
Sa ginanap na 2nd National Agri-Fisheries Credit
Program Assessment and Planning Workshop sa Cagayan de Oro City, sinabi ni DAR
Caraga Regional Director Julita Ragandang na ang APCP ay dinisenyo upang
tumugon para sa mga pangangailangang pautang ng mga agrarian reform
beneficiaries o ARBs mula sa ibat-ibang proyektong pang-ekonomiya.
Kabilang sa mga pinarangalang grupo ng mga
magsasaka ang Trinidad Farmers Agra Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Honrado Farmers
Credit Cooperative, Cantapoy Farmers and Fishermen Credit Coop, San Pedro Rural
Workers’ Association, Himama-ug Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Cooperative,
Esperanza Farmers and Credit Cooperative, Ima Women’s Initiated Community
Association, Union Agri-Aqua Credit Organization, Mabini Farmers Credit
Cooperative, A&M Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Baleguian Organic Farmers
Irrigators Association, Taguibo Irrigated Pest Management Irrigators
Association at Bayugo Agro Forestry.
Target ngayong taon ng APCP na makapaglaan ng
P94.8M sa 4,251 magsasakang benepisyaryo. (DAR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
